HALLOWEEN
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
BREAST CANCER
FALL ANIMALS
GREAT PUMPKIN
100
These are considered bad luck if they cross your path
Black cats
100
Name the lodgings of Native American tribes who lived in the plains
Teepees
100
Benign tumors are NON-cancerous.
Name the cancerous form of tumors (the opposite of benign)
Malignant
100
What flying, tiny animals embark on a massive migration from the U.S. to Mexico in the fall?
Monarch butterflies
100
Pumpkins are technically classified as fruits because they 1) form from a flower and 2) have ________
seeds
200
"Chicken feed" was the original name for which classic Halloween candy?
Candy corn
200
The name of tall, wooden story-telling art pieces
Totem poles
200
Name the scan used to see into breast tissue
Mammogram
200
Which animal inadvertently plants hundreds of trees and plants every year by forgetting its hoard location?
Squirrel
200
In It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, who imagines themselves as a World War I Flying Ace battling the Red Baron?
Snoopy
300
What is the top-selling Halloween candy of all time (and year-after-year)?
Reese's peanut butter cups
300
How many federally recognized tribes exist in the U.S? (within 100)
575 Tribes
300
Recommended age women should begin having mammograms (within 5 years)
40 years old
300
Autumn is the "rut" season for deer and elk. What does that mean?
Mating season
300
What is the most famous and widely recognized brand of canned pumpkin in the United States?
Libby's
400
Before pumpkins, these root vegetables were used to carve scary faces into
Turnips
400
Many scientists believe the first people arrived in North America about 15,000 years ago after they walked from what continent?
Asia
400
Current statistics show that 1 in _____ women will develop breast cancer in their lifetime (with 3)
8
400
Animals like the black bear prepare for winter with hyperphagia. What does that mean?
Excessive eating to prepare for hibernation
400
What is the stringy material inside a pumpkin surrounding its seeds?
The pulp
500
Halloween began as which ancient Celtic festival?
Samhain (pronounced sow-wen) in Ireland, the UK, and parts of Northern Europe
500
What is the "Three Sisters?"
Many tribes grew corn, beans, and squash together. They called these crops the Three Sisters because they help each other grow.
500
Who was the Grease actress who died in 2022 from breast cancer?
Olivia Newton John
500
What is the main reason that owls become more active in the fall?
Shorter daylight hours and they see best at night
500
Which state grows the largest pumpkins by weight and volume? (more than the next top-producing states combined) Hint: midwestern state
Illinois